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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

532 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



ILC137-167-312300-

MORGAN-SANGAMON-

534 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MORGAN 

AND SANGAMON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...



AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 2 PM FROM 

SPRINGFIELD SOUTHWEST TO MURRAYVILLE IN SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY.

AT 530 PM...FLOODING WAS BLOCKING OFF KOKE MILL ROAD BETWEEN OLD

JACKSONVILLE ROAD AND WASHINGTON STREET ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF

SPRINGFIELD.



SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 

IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING INCLUDE... JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD... ALEXANDER... 

AUBURN...CHATHAM... DIVERNON...FRANKLIN...LOAMI...MURRAYVILLE...

NEW BERLIN...PAWNEE AND RIVERTON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3989 8941 3953 8956 3954 9028 3975 9035



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